Climate Change - The Evidence (AQA GCSE Geography): Flashcards
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Ice sheet layer formation frequency
Ice sheet layer formation frequency
Each year
What trapped gases in ice cores reveal
What trapped gases in ice cores reveal
Temperature for each year
Antarctic ice core time span
Antarctic ice core time span
400,000 years
When accurate temperature records began
When accurate temperature records began
1850s
Where pollen is preserved
Where pollen is preserved
In sediment at bottom of lakes
Tree ring formation frequency
Tree ring formation frequency
Each year
Conditions for thicker tree rings
Conditions for thicker tree rings
Warm and wet
Tree ring evidence time span
Tree ring evidence time span
10,000 years
Climate change definition
Climate change definition
Significant change in Earth's climate over long period
Global warming definition
Global warming definition
Rapid rise in global temperatures
Cause of recent global warming
Cause of recent global warming
Human-induced (last century)
What scientists drill from ice sheets
What scientists drill from ice sheets
Long cores of ice